16.2
Record keeping
Clinical HIV Guidelines, 5th Edition, 2022. Chapter 16, Starting ART.
Clinical description
- PMTCT/ART nurse or clinician: fill ART patient card s immediately when ART eligibility is established
(do not delegate this to HSA). For this reason, keep blank ART treatment cards at OPD, ANC, maternity, wards, etc.
- Dispensing of ARVs must be recorded on the patient treatment cards.
- Complete ART treatment cards before giving out the first supply of ARVs.
- Patients should only be entered in the ART register when receiving their first supply of ARVs.
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